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How does the SafePoint Anti-Spam Firewall System work?

The SafePoint Anti-Spam Firewall system provides an integrated Anti-Spam and Anti-Virus solution that is positioned "in front" of your existing email server acting as secure email "gateway" which is able to immediately start working to block and filter up to 98% of all Spam and Virus laden emails using it's default "out of the box" settings alone.

The SafePoint system offers complete email protection at the "network perimeter" level, before unwanted or potentially dangerous and costly email reaches your network or mail server. The design of the SafePoint Anti-Spam Firewall system leverages open source Anti-Spam and Anti-Virus solutions in conjunction with a number of additional filtering and defense layers to detect and filter out Spam and other unwanted email messages along with Viruses and other potentially dangerous attachments.

Filtering and defense layers and methods employed include Connection Control and Validation, IP/Domain RBL Blocking, Virus scanning with archive decompression, Spam Fingerprint Checking, and a comprehensive rule-based Spam Scoring System incorporating Content Analysis (Heuristics) and Bayesian Analysis. This multi-layer Spam and Virus Filtering Technology results in a highly accurate Spam and Virus detection rate without filtering legitimate email.

For more information on how the SpamWall Anti-Spam Firewall works see How the SpamWall Works

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